In the last two years, the number of worldwide terrorist attacks have at least doubled. And obviously, along with that, the number of fatalities have also risen. The most dramatic jump, however, occurred after the Abu Ghraib torture photos were brought to light.

UPDATE (3/9/07): As brought up in other blogs, Abu Ghraib is not necessarily a causal event. Please note that there were many other issues that occurred at around the same time and after the Abu Ghraib scandal that also impact these figures, such as a ramping up of military action, call to action from certain terrorist leaders, rising sectarian violence and deadlier (read: more efficient and effective) suicide bombings.

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